[ErikVandeWater]

Pretty sure plenty of people have seen missiles on the evening news at some point in their lives.

[jonnybgood]

Missile launches perhaps, but not missiles in flight.

[barbacoa]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B6wsujROvXg

Missile videos like the one above are common. 1996 was soon after the gulf war, tons of missiles were broadcast in the news during that time.

[jeffbee]

At the point of impact, 15000 feet in the air and 120 miles downrange, it would not have looked anything like that. The missile would have been in a terminal glide and there would have been a huge trail of smoke all the way back to Philadelphia.